“This is the reason the BHF is supporting this important trial to determine whether a commonly available medication, ...

A cheap diabetes drug is currently being assessed for its potential to halt the progression of a life-threatening condition.

On April Fools' Day 2025, I was diagnosed with a super sneaky thing called an ascending aortic aneurysm. And it was anything ...

Aortic stenosis is a narrowing of the aortic valve which connects the heart to the rest of the body. It affects millions of people and can be fatal if left untreated. At present, there are no ...

Degrassi: The Next Generation was largely known as a show that deeply impacted fans emotionally, usually catching them off ...

A little girl from Duluth is a trailblazer at the age of 1 because she got the first infant-sized stent put in, in Minnesota.

Surgeons at Intermountain Health are testing a new approach to treat the ascending aorta — a critical artery once considered the “last frontier” of heart surgery.

Reality television personality Lisa Knapp has tragically passed away at just 52 years old following a ruptured aorta. She had previously been diagnosed with an underlying connective tissue disorder, ...

The Queensland man's aorta, the biggest blood vessel in the body, had ballooned to about four times the usual size, leaving it in danger of rupturing — but doctors used a life-sized 3D printed model ...

Surgeons have replaced most of a man's aorta in a life-saving operation after scans revealed he was walking around with a "ticking time bomb" inside his chest. The Queensland man's aorta, the biggest ...

Your heart is the most important muscle in your body. During your lifetime, it will pump enough blood to fill about three supertankers. (Photo Credit: Zephyr/Science Source) The aorta is the largest ...